1) Ray Reussner: Guitar / Tandy Reussner: Organ / Boccherini Concerto in E Major No. 1 Allegro

Ray Reussner, classical guitarist, and Tandy C. Reussner: 1996 Wolff 3-65 organ perform the first movement "Allegro non tanto" from Luigi Boccherini's Concerto in E major in the grand acoustics of Bales Organ Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence. The piece was originally written as Boccherini's Concerto for Cello & Orchestra No.6 in D, G479 - It was arranged as Concerto in E for Guitar and Orchestra by Gaspar Cassado (1896/1966) - It was recorded as such by Andrés Segovia. Ray studied with Segovia, off and on, for 20 years, as well as with John Williams at the Royal Conservatory. He is considered to be one of the very few "true" remaining links to Maestro Andres Segovia. "The dedication to his profession, his talent and his willingness to work have made him into one of the most distinguished young guitarists of today, deserving of the success that awaits him and that I predict for him ... He shows a refined sensitivity and gift for interpretation, a perfect knowledge of the guitar technique." Andres Segovia From an upcoming DVD release on Heartside Music. See http://heartsidemusic.com or visit Ray at http://sologuitarist.net/rayreussner.html Guitar constructed by Ray Reussner. Tandy C. Reussner holds degrees in Organ Performance from the University of Kansas and the Eastman School of Music. A Fulbright Scholar to Freiburg, Germany and winner of two national organ competitions, Reussner has studied with James Higdon, Zsigmond Szathmary, John Ditto, David Craighead, and David Higgs.

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was an Italian Classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5, and the Cello Concerto in B flat major. The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini composed several guitar quintets, including the "Fandango", which was influenced by Spanish music. His biographer Elisabeth Le Guin noted among Boccherini's musical qualities "an astonishing repetitiveness, an affection for extended passages with fascinating textures but virtually no melodic line, an obsession with soft dynamics, a unique ear for sonority, and an unusually rich palette of introverted and mournful affects."

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